Descent of the tunnel boring machine at LEP point 6

1985

CERN
Geneva, Switzerland

The head of a tunnelling machine being lowered down at point 6. At the end of 1985 three of these “model” were at work boring out the 27 kilometre LEP tunnel below the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva.

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Title: Descent of the tunnel boring machine at LEP point 6
Creator: CERN PhotoLab
Date Created: 1985-10-07, 1985
Contributor: GenevaCERN1985-10
Medium: Film, Photographic negative
Internal Reference: Rubrique: Date Planche:10 85 De:182 A:187
Comment: Album with images scanned from original photo negatives

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